On Sat, 2020-11-14 at 10:45 +0800, Kevin Buckley via lfs-dev wrote: > On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 at 09:29, Kevin Buckley > <kevin.m.buck...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Thomas, > > > > I believe that, as of Revision: 12059, your Zlib section in Chapter > > 5 > > is missing the "--host=$LFS_TGT" flag > > > > Compare > > > > <para>Prepare Zlib for compilation:</para> > > > > <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure > > --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> > > > > <para>Compile the package:</para> > > > > > > with the corresponding XML from the GZip section > > > > > > <para>Prepare Gzip for compilation:</para> > > > > <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr > > --host=$LFS_TGT</userinput></screen> > > > > <para>Compile the package:</para> > > > > > > When I came to build the Zlib, I ended up getting an error from the > > host compiler > > and it took me a while to work out why the build wasn't using the > > compiler in > > $LFS/tools/bin. > > > > It is also possible that the 32-bit and x32 build instructions for > > Zlib are missing the > > $LFS_TGT in their CC configure overrides that ones sees in the > > Chapter 5 Ncurses > > > > zlib.xml:<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" \ > > zlib.xml:<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" \ > > > > Cf > > > > ncurses.xml:<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="$LFS_TGT-gcc > > -m32" \ > > ncurses.xml:<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="$LFS_TGT-gcc > > -mx32" \ > > > > Hoping that helps, and thanks again for the Mulitlib additions, > > Kevin > > > What I have since discovered is that the Configure script for Zlib > doesn't > accept the --host= argument, hence, I guess, the use of the CC= > constructs > in the Multilib stanzas. > > With that in mind, the x86_64 configure probably needs to be marked > up as > > <screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="$LFS_TGT-gcc" \ > ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> > > so as to enforce the use of the compiler in /tools/bin.
Actually, I'm amazed to see zlib in chapter 6 of the multilib book. In the pure x86_64 (or i686) book, it is not built there at all (only in chapter 8). Thomas, do you remember why it was added there (was on June 29th)? Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
